Spring Semester 2010
Globalization: International Economy, Security, and Culture.
Reading List
- Allison, Graham. “Nuclear Disorder: Surveying Atomic Threats.” Foreign Affairs 89, no. 1 (January/February 2010): 74-85. Article
- Allison, Graham. “In Afghanistan, Kerry Keeps U.S. Goals Modest.” Boston Globe, November 4, 2009. Article Link
- Barabasi, Albert-Laszlo, Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else, 2002.
- Friedman, Thomas. Hot, Flat and Crowded
- Mann, Catherine L. International Adjustment and the Great Recession: Policy Considerations
PDF Slides - Mann, Catherine L. International Capital Flows and the Sustainability of the U.S. Current Account Deficit
Book Summary - Mann, Catherine L. Accelerating the Globalization of America: The Role for Information Technology
Book Summary - Reinhart, Carmen M. and Kenneth S. Rogoff. This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly. Chapter 1
- Timmons, Heather. “Emerging Markets Soar Past Their Doubters.” The New York Times: December 30, 2009.
- Zakaria, Fareed. “The Secrets of Stability: Why terrorism and economic turmoil won’t keep the world down for long.” NEWSWEEK, December 21, 2009.
Article
Links to Readings, Powerpoints and Video Recordings
| Date | Topic | Featured Lecturers |
| January | ||
| 13 | Introduction
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Barry Bluestone Bill Dickens |
| 20 | Overview of Global Economy World Clock shared in class - Barry Bluestone powerpoint - Bob Culver powerpoint Olivier Blanchard. “Sustaining a Global Recovery.“ Finance & Development, September 2009, Volume 46, Number 3 View the videos  |
Barry Bluestone Bob Culver |
| 27 | Trade and Structural Imbalances Cathy Mann. International Adjustment and the Great Recession: Policy Considerations PDF SlidesCathy Mann. International Capital Flows and the Sustainability of the U.S. Current Account Deficit Book SummaryCathy Mann. Accelerating the Globalization of America: The Role for Information Technology Book Summary |
Cathy Mann |
| February | ||
| 3 | Globalization and EmploymentDickens, William T. and Stephen J. Rose. Blinder Baloney: Today’s scare talk of jobs outsourcing is grossly exaggerated., 2002. - John Sarvey powerpoint View the videos |
William Dickens John Sarvey |
| 10 | Global Security Allison, Graham. “Nuclear Disorder: Surveying Atomic Threats.” Foreign Affairs 89, no. 1 (January/February 2010): 74-85. Article Fareed Zakaria. “The Secrets of Stability: Why terrorism and economic turmoil won’t keep the world down for long.” NEWSWEEK, December 21, 2009. Download Article |
Cancelled due to snowstorm |
| 17 | Global Financial Crises Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff.This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly. Preface Chapter 1
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Ken Rogoff |
| 24 | Global Communications and Networks Barabasi, Albert-Laszlo. Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else, 2002. View the videos |
Albert-Laszlo Barabasi Emily Greene |
| March | ||
| 3 | Spring Break | |
| 10 | The Middle East: Israel and Palestine View the videos |
Denis Sullivan |
| 17 | The Middle East II: Iraq and Afghanistan Allison, Graham. “In Afghanistan, Kerry Keeps U.S. Goals Modest.” Boston Globe, November 4, 2009. Article Link View the videos |
Andrew Bacevich |
| 24 | Global Economic Development The Political Trilema of the Global Economy View the videos |
Dani Rodrick |
| 31 | Global Jazz View the videos |
Robert Blumenthal Ted Kurland |
| April | ||
| 7 | Global Architecture | George Thrush Peter Vanderwarker Robert Campbell Paul Lukez |
| 14 | Global Film View the videos |
Patrick Jerome Eric Stange Spiro Veloudos |
| 21 | Global Sports | |
| 28 | Reporting from Haiti: Boston Globe journalists’ stories and images View the videos |
Bill Greene, photojournalist/videographer Dina Rudick, photojournalist/videographer Maria Sacchetti, reporter Stephen Smith, reporter Gideon Gil, Health and Science editor |
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